The story
- Koine Greek · derived fromσυστηματικός
- Late Latin · borrowed fromsystēmaticus
- English todaysystematic
Borrowed from Late Latin systēmaticus, from Koine Greek συστηματικός (sustēmatikós), from σύστημᾰ (sústēmă, “a composite; system”) + -ῐκός (-ĭkós, adjective suffix). Cognate with French systématique and Italian sistematico. By surface analysis, system + -atic.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.